How East Coast writer Christy Ann Conlin found an eerie muse in Nova Scotia’s rural Annapolis Valley
June 24, 2019
Alicia Elliott’s A Mind Spread Out on the Ground (Doubleday Canada) connects her personal experiences as a Tuscarora author living in Brantford, Ontario, to a broader critical analysis of the treatment and representation of Indigenous ... Read More »
March 28, 2019
In this Q&Q guest feature, Rob Bittner and Lesley Clement, co-chairs of IBBY Canada’s Hans Christian Andersen Award nominating committee, write about the prestigious award, their reasons for putting forward Deborah Ellis (Writing) and Isabelle ... Read More »
March 8, 2019
“Maybe we were crazy to buy a bookstore when bookstores were clearly going out of the marketplace,” says Itah Sadu, co-owner of Toronto’s A Different Booklist. Sadu and her partner, Miguel San Vicente, took over ... Read More »
February 21, 2019
Canadian publishers are hoping European appetite for this country’s domestically published titles remains strong as they prepare to hit the London Book Fair in March and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April. Canadian titles ... Read More »
February 4, 2019
Crime writer Sam Wiebe believes Canadian crime-writing needs more diverse voices. These five titles chosen by Wiebe are a great place to start. Montreal Noir (Akashic Press) Edited by Jacques Filippi and John McFetridge As ... Read More »
December 19, 2018
Genre is a dirty word in Canadian fiction. Festivals and conferences don’t know what to do with us; though often included on the basis of popularity, our work is rarely treated as being capable of ... Read More »
December 19, 2018
My older brother Clifford wanted to be a scientist. He never got the chance: on a road just outside Prince Arthur, Saskatchewan, he was killed by a drunk driver. In Aboriginal culture, it is common ... Read More »
December 6, 2018
Picture books They Say Blue Jillian Tamaki Groundwood Books From the frameable book cover to colour-coded end pages, They Say Blue stands out. Caldecott Honor winner Jillian Tamaki explores a child’s view of the world through ... Read More »
December 3, 2018
French Exit Patrick DeWitt House of Anansi Press It’s hard to imagine a contemporary author more equipped to skewer high society than Patrick DeWitt. His exemplary wordplay, sly social commentary, dark humour, and skill with ... Read More »
November 29, 2018
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